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I’m a klutzhttps://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2017/08/11/im-a-klutz/
https://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2017/08/11/im-a-klutz/#respondFri, 11 Aug 2017 03:04:46 +0000http://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2017/08/11/im-a-klutz/Continue reading I’m a klutz]]>We had two of these delightful tables before I woke up this morning. What happened to the other one? A certain clumsy twit of a woman tangled herself up in the bedsheets when she woke up & fell. Thanks to her messy ways, the two cushions on the floor and the get- comfortable-after-work clothes piled on top of the now deceased table broke her fall. Said fall also broke the table. Thankfully she & her mate prefer the closet without the silly accordion doors or she would have been wearing one as a hat after the poor table would have bumped into it.
Her poor toe only felt lightly sore this eventful morning. This evening,however, the obnoxious bastard hurts.
Yeah, I’m still a klutz…]]>https://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2017/08/11/im-a-klutz/feed/0cglowe01Progress!https://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2017/04/22/progress/
https://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2017/04/22/progress/#respondSat, 22 Apr 2017 18:15:41 +0000http://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2017/04/22/progress/]]>Potty training is well underway! Teaching Hatchling # 2 not to touch the router – a work in progress :p]]>https://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2017/04/22/progress/feed/0cglowe01Kids…https://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/kids/
https://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/kids/#respondMon, 03 Apr 2017 02:49:22 +0000http://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/kids/Continue reading Kids…]]>Odd: when child who normally asks you to Stop! when you sing, asks you to sing them to sleep. Annoying: the only allowable song is The ABC Song, causing you to almost put yourself to sleep and getting stopped mid song when you try to sneak in a different song.

The accursed song now has some new lyrics…

]]>https://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/kids/feed/0cglowe01WTF?https://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2017/01/31/wtf/
https://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2017/01/31/wtf/#respondTue, 31 Jan 2017 04:45:50 +0000http://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2017/01/31/wtf/]]>I’ll keep this short & simple. WTF is happening? Does anyone really think things are going to end well?!]]>https://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2017/01/31/wtf/feed/0cglowe01Silly cook…https://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2016/10/13/silly-cook/
https://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2016/10/13/silly-cook/#respondThu, 13 Oct 2016 01:08:49 +0000http://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2016/10/13/silly-cook/Continue reading Silly cook…]]>Note to self: get a bloody apron (and possibly goggles & long-sleeved shirts) for use when cooking. Cooking in a tank top while being well-endowed (and a klutz) does not go well together.

Thankfully, the pink spots on The Girls from the oil should be gone by morning. The one drop at landed on my face thankfully didn’t go further up than my lower eyelid. My arms are used to it by now. No wonder I started oven-baking everything for a while.

Already, I’ve been given additional responsibilities – not something I expected so soon. Thankfully, I am only making outgoing calls (and not many at that). I work at a speciality insurance company in the processing department – no more call center work for this woman. After 15 1/2 years at one doing customer service and 2 1/2 hellish months at another doing customer service/sales, I just couldn’t take it anymore. The few weeks I spent at the call center for this insurance company (as a temp) weren’t bad, I’m just burnt out like you wouldn’t believe.

I’m so de-stressed that I’ve picked up my instant camera again the other day (an adorable light blue Fujifilm instax mini 8) for the first time in months! I’m particularly excited by the release of black & white instant mini film by Fujifilm sometime next month. Not to mention, the release sometime next spring of the Instax SQUARE. The shots won’t be the same size as the old Polaroid/current Impossible Project pictures, but at least it’s square, which I loved as a wee one. I’m actually planning on adding the SQUARE to my camera collection next year. Right now, it’s my mini 8 and my Canon Elph point & shoot digital camera. I have an old Yashica film camera that belonged to my dad, but it’s not in working order anymore. I’ll post pictures of my darlings soon.

Yes, I’m a bit old-school. Digital is great (I would love a Canon Rebel SL1 and Nikon Coolpix p900 eventually if I get into digital photography more), but nothing beats the reminders of childhood and the instant gratification of instant photography. At least we don’t have to buy flash cubes as well as the film. Yeah, I’m that old :p

]]>https://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2016/09/26/the-situation-thus-far/feed/0cglowe01Yippee ki yay, m….!https://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2016/08/14/yippee-ki-yay-m/
https://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2016/08/14/yippee-ki-yay-m/#respondSun, 14 Aug 2016 01:02:02 +0000http://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2016/08/14/yippee-ki-yay-m/Continue reading Yippee ki yay, m….!]]>Yesterday I completed my first week as a permanent employee at my dream company! I was a temporary employee in a different department for about 2 1/2 months before that. It’s approximately 3 weeks of classroom training, then we move to our groups for specialised training. We’re all the same department, but with slight differences/specialties

Two wonderful differences – health insurance is much more affordable (we really need single payer, but that will take forever here, if it ever happens) and no more call center work (at least for me)! After 15 1/2 years of call center customer service, I need the break

I have been wanting to work there for years, but there was no reason for the move until I was laid off last year. They are not easy to get into, but are well worth the hassle.

All names have been left out as I’m not sure what their social media policy is….

Too Many Times
WARNING: I have watched Zootopia way too many times with my younger hatchling.

They have a fish market in TundraTown for the cold weather predators. What about the others? Are they relegated to fish or veggie stuff? Fish are animals, too.

No cats or dogs? So just traditionally/historically wild animals, I guess.

Something I just noticed on the latest viewing- I do not think birds exist in their world. Not that I’ve noticed, anyhow. Must have been written by a New Yorker or Londoner.

Damned pigeons. (Yes, I’m a NYer by birth).

]]>https://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2016/07/04/way-too-many-times/feed/0cglowe01She found it!https://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2016/06/25/she-found-it/
https://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2016/06/25/she-found-it/#respondSat, 25 Jun 2016 23:55:51 +0000http://mylayoffchronicles.wordpress.com/2016/06/25/she-found-it/Continue reading She found it!]]>A few days ago my mom found her memoirs! We thought she may have left them in Cuba during her last visit. She had left them in a rather logical place – her desk. Yeah.

I just finished my third week at the new job – loving it so far! I have about two more weeks of training to go. I’m hoping to get a permanent spot there quickly – insurance through the team agency is rather expensive. Not to mention the non-insurance perks working there are great!

Hopefully, I’ll have the energy soon to start work on moving the memoirs over to ebook format. I’ll need to translate it into English as well. I’m not sure if I’ll do both at the same time or not, so it may take a while.

My posting has been rather sporadic, but I will do my best to remedy that.